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Description: | Copper alloy coin weight, probably of medieval or post medieval date.
The coin weight is sub-circular in plan, its diameter measures 17.28mm and it is 4.74mm thick. It weighs 5.88 grams or 90.74 grains.It would have originally weighed 120 grains. The weight is worn and abraded with a mid green patina.
On the front face of the weight it is just possible to see a ship with a single mast. Over this mast is a worn figure standing with a sword in his right hand and a quartered shield on his left arm. The hull of the ship is too worn to see the rose that is expected on these weights.The reverse of the weight is plain.
This coin weight was probably to weigh a ryal (Rose noble)which was introduced in the reign of Edward IV (1464)and used throughout the later medieval and post-medieval periods. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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